οὐ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 οὐ

   ou

   not
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἡ πόλις οὐ χρείαν ἔχει τοῦ ἡλίου οὐδὲ τῆς σελήνης ἵνα φαίνωσιν αὐτῇ ἡ γὰρ δόξα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐφώτισεν αὐτήν καὶ ὁ λύχνος αὐτῆς τὸ ἀρνίον

   KAI hê PO-lis ou KʰREI-an E-kʰei tou hê-LI-ou ou-DE tês se-LÊ-nês HI-na PHAI-nō-sin au-TÊ hê GAR DO-ksa tou the-OU e-PHŌ-ti-sen au-TÊN KAI ho LY-kʰnos au-TÊS to ar-NI-on

   and the city not need has of the sun nor of the moon so that they might shine to it the for glory of the God gave light to it and the lamp of it the Lamb

Exegesis

The genitives tou hēliou {τοῦ ἡλίου | toû hē-lí-ou} “of the sun” and tēs selēnēs {τῆς σελήνης | tēs se-lé-nēs} “of the moon” modify chreian, specifying what is unnecessary.

The explanatory conjunction gar {γάρ | gár} “for” then introduces the reason clause with hē doxa tou theou {ἡ δόξα τοῦ θεοῦ | hē dó-xa tou the-oû} “the glory of God” as the subject and the aorist verb ephōtisen {ἐφώτισεν | ephô-ti-sen} “has bestowed light” with object autēn {αὐτήν | au-tḗn} “it.”

Root and etymology

ouranos🔊 οὐρανόςomicron–upsilon–rho–alpha–nu–omicron–sigma

“sky, heaven”